+int ide_devset_execute(ide_drive_t *drive, const struct ide_devset *setting,
+ int arg)
+{
+ struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
+ struct request *rq;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (!(setting->flags & DS_SYNC))
+ return setting->set(drive, arg);
+
+ rq = blk_get_request(q, READ, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!rq)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
+ rq->cmd_len = 5;
+ rq->cmd[0] = REQ_DEVSET_EXEC;
+ *(int *)&rq->cmd[1] = arg;
+ rq->special = setting->set;
+
+ if (blk_execute_rq(q, NULL, rq, 0))
+ ret = rq->errors;
+ blk_put_request(rq);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_devset_execute);
+